The University and East Asian Cities: The Variegated Origins of Urban Universities in Colonial Seoul and Singapore

This article explores and compares the development of colonial urban universities in Seoul and Singapore for the purpose of examining the multifaceted and scaled socio-political relationships in colonial cities. The colonial universities were a contested space where different interests crossed. The...

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Published in:Journal of urban history 2022-03, Vol.48 (2), p.336-360
Main Author: Oh, Do Young
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cities
Colleges & universities
Colonialism
Global local relationship
Urban areas
Urban development
Urbanism
Urbanization
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Summary:This article explores and compares the development of colonial urban universities in Seoul and Singapore for the purpose of examining the multifaceted and scaled socio-political relationships in colonial cities. The colonial universities were a contested space where different interests crossed. The pattern of these intersections was different because Seoul and Singapore experienced different colonial powers—Japan and Britain, respectively. In this regard, this article focuses on how different colonial experiences affected universities as well as urban environments in Seoul and Singapore. The findings show that the university campus development trends of colonial universities in Seoul and Singapore are important to understand the urbanization processes of both cities. The varied colonial interests, global and local, shaped universities and their surrounding urban environments in different ways. Understanding these differences helps us understand the development trajectory of East Asian urbanization.
ISSN:0096-1442
1552-6771
DOI:10.1177/0096144220941199